Rosie: I Would've Defended Martha

The Associated Press

Published 6:00 pm, Sunday, November 3, 2002

RADNOR, Pa. (AP) _ Rosie O'Donnell says that if she still had her talk show, she would use it as a forum to defend Martha Stewart.

"I'd be singing Martha Stewart a love song every day. I want every housewife in America to band together and refuse to let them tear down one of the most successful female entrepreneurs in our country's history," she says.

O'Donnell said her fans shouldn't worry about her because she gave up her show and magazine.

"I had to let go to remember why I started doing this," O'Donnell says in the Nov. 9 issue of TV Guide. "The deification was pretty intense. You lose your perspective."

O'Donnell's next endeavor is producing the musical "Taboo" on Broadway. The show is about the life of Boy George.